One of the world’s most horrific environmental disasters — the 1950 and 60s mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan — may have been caused by a previously unstudied form of mercury discharged directly from a chemical factory, new research has found.
One of the world’s most horrific environmental disasters — the 1950 and 60s mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan — may have been caused by a previously unstudied form of mercury discharged directly from a chemical factory, new research has found.